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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I understand eligibility for the new fund will be confined to those who have received payment under the Residential Institutions Redress Board. Is advertising necessary? Is there no means of communication available to contact those who have already received payments? Is it not possible to communicate directly with them as opposed to advertising?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: Could the Education Finance Board write to such a person on behalf of the new board to inform that person, or make contact with him or her in some other way? This strikes me as unusual.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I do not think Ms Langford covered the remainder of the board in her remarks. Have the other members of the board been appointed yet? I understand there will be eight in total. Is Ms Langford the first appointment? When do we expect the Minister to appoint the others? When will the first board meeting take place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: Does Ms Langford expect the board to meet in the near future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: What is the size of the fund? Is it €110 million or €40 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: Will all of it come from the congregations? Is it expected that the fund will reach the €110 million level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Chairman and join her in welcoming Ms Langford and her colleague, Ms McGarry here today. I thank Ms Langford for agreeing to take on this role. Even as a relatively new Deputy, I am aware of Ms Langford's work in the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and her record there was exemplary. She was central to the introduction and execution of the free preschool year. I also...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (20 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the aid that has been provided to Mali arising from the conflict there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8935/13]

Other Questions: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that will be invested in our national roads network in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8546/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (19 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from farming backgrounds currently in receipt of a student grant, broken down on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8744/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (19 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average income of the farming families whose children qualified for a student grant in 2012/2013 or for the most recent year available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8745/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (19 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the report of the capital asset test implementation group by the end of this month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8746/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (19 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the inclusion of capital assets in the means testing of students grants, if he is considering setting a limit on land valued at €750,000; if this is true; the way this figure was arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8747/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (19 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a yearly breakdown of the new jobs created in County Donegal by the Industrial Development Agency over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8815/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (19 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a yearly breakdown of the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits to County Donegal over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8816/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (19 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the agri-environment option scheme 3 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8457/13]

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the chance to speak on this Bill. As mentioned by previous speakers in my party, we are not in a position to support it because there is a lack of clarity over the Government's plans for the implementation of water metering nationally. There has been a lack of detail on how much metering would cost the consumer. There is uncertainty among water management employees in local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Positive Ageing Strategy Publication (14 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Health when the National Positive Ageing Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7493/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (14 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Health if the expert group monitoring a Vision for Change is still active; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7508/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traffic Management (14 Feb 2013)

Charlie McConalogue: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had with Meath County Council in relation to the preparation of a traffic management plan for September 2013 in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7821/13]